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Captain for Hire Dangerous Waters
Book-1 in the Captain For Hire series
The Caribbean can seem like paradise to most- but to a yacht delivery Captain navigating the same routes as drug smugglers in the 1970s and 80s, it was a dark and dangerous workplace. Packed with piracy, drug smuggling and the fury of a Caribbean hurricane- it's a must read!
Book 1 in the "Captain For Hire Series"
"Captain for Hire: Dangerous Waters" is a compilation of true sea stories based on a sea captain's logbook entries. It recounts the real-life sagas of a yacht delivery captain ferrying boats from Florida to Colombia in the 1970s and 80s. This was a time when the Colombian drug cartels were establishing a "bridge" from Colombia to North America through the Caribbean Islands; setting up bases for the distribution of marijuana and narcotics in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and parts of the Bahamas. This widespread smuggling activity endangered boat traffic in certain areas of the Caribbean.
To protect those involved, the author's fictitious main character, Captain Bob Ventura, navigates you through a maze of bad weather, piracy, and drug smuggling by sea, that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It culminates in the adrenaline rush of navigating in a Caribbean hurricane.
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Disponible en español
Las décadas de 1970 y 1980 marcaron una era de tráfico de drogas por mar sin precedentes en el Caribe. Los capitanes de embarcaciones de entrega que trasladaban barcos desde Florida hasta Sudamérica se enfrentaban a graves peligros al cruzarse con peligrosos carteles de narcotráfico. "Aguas Peligrosas" relata hechos verídicos de estos encuentros.
Book 2-in the Captain For Hire series
"Strange Things Happen"
Captain Bob Ventura has encountered the
unpredictable, the eerie, and the downright
bizarre on the decks of yachts he commands.
In "Captain for Hire, Strange Things Happen,
Robert Ramon takes readers on an unforget-
table voyage into the heart of nautical enigmas
that defy logic and reason.
en español
El Capitán Bob Ventura ha vivido lo impredecible, lo inquietante y lo francamente extraño a bordo de los yates que comanda.
En “Capitán a Sueldo: Fenómenos Extraños, Robert Ramón lleva a los lectores a un viaje inolvidable al corazón de enigmas náuticos que desafían la lógica y la razón.
About the author
Robert Ramon
Robert Ramon aka Captain Bob, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1953 and came to the States in 1960. After serving in the US Air Force during Vietnam, he Captained private yachts for 44 years on the Eastern Seaboard and all over the Caribbean. In his early days as a freelance delivery Captain during the 70s and 80s, his dangerous encounters with piracy, drug smuggling, and hurricanes prompted some of the exciting real-life adventures that he shares with us in his Captain for Hire series.
